you heard the chiefs assessment in dc what do you think? >> he is right.ve to talk about accountability. let's improve the things we need to improve the let's not abandon the police tactics leading to a 40 year decline in the crime rate around the country. jon: defined the police movement was fairly popular on the left with many candidates they are largely silent. a three word to slogan you don't hear much about anymore. how come? >> the voters don't like it and it doesn't work. make no mistake they haven't stopped talking about it they just off using the words. minneapolis will have a charter amendment to vote on where the question is should the police department be abolished with the department of public safety to use tactics for public health? when the bullets are flying i don't want someone to rollup to control the situation. jon: the leftist policies to demonize polices that a factor in violent crime? cincinnati mayor try to blame on the early closing of bars during the pandemic although though they are careful before shooting anyone those in law enfo

i moved to washington dc in 1970. and for nearly as long as i can remember the title basin in the cherry trees have been an important part of my springtime ritual. for my earliest memories with my family are coming down and seeing the trees. i volunteered for the national cherry blossom festival parade when i was in high school and continue to look forward to cherry blossom season unlike any other time of the year. the emergence of the cherry trees every spring signify the end of a long cold winter. and the emergence of spring in washington dc's grandes springtime tradition when the cherry trees are out. there is no blue. there is no red red in washington. everyone is pink. opportunity each week american history tvs american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places next we travel to yorktown, virginia to witness the arrival from france of the tall sailing ship airmeon. the ship is a replica of a military frigate that carried general marquis de lafayette in 1780 with a message from king louie the 16th promisi

i moved to washington dc in 1970. and for nearly as long as i can remember the tidal basin in the cherry trees have been an important part of my springtime ritual from my earliest memories with my family are coming down and seeing the trees. i volunteered for the national cherry blossoms festival parade when i was in high school and continue to look forward to cherry blossoms season unlike any other time of the year. the emergence of the cherry trees every spring signify the end of a long cold winter. and the emergence of spring in washington dc's grandes springtime tradition when the cherry trees are out. there is no blue. there is no red in washington. everyone is pink.

i moved to washington dc in 1970. and for nearly as long as i can remember the tidal basin in the cherry trees have been an important part of my springtime ritual from my earliest memories with my family are coming down and seeing the trees. i volunteered for the national cherry blossoms festival parade when i was in high school and continue to look forward to cherry blossoms season unlike any other time of the year. the emergence of the cherry trees every spring signify the end of a long cold winter. and the emergence of spring in washington dc's grandes springtime tradition when the cherry trees are out. there is no blue. there is no red in washington. everyone is pink. ♪ >> weekends on c-span2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday, american history tv documents america's story. "book tv" brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. funding for c-span2 comes from these television companies and more, including midco. ♪ midco, along with these television companies, support c-span2 as a public service. >>

where was the extra law enforcement put in washington, dc? well, the campground was not far from where the vietnam war memorial is that there was it was essentially in this area of west potomac park between the jefferson and the lincoln memorials on some playing fields and some other parkland over there right along the river's edge, but you know you could see the washington monument in the distance. so it was very much a feeling of being near the near the heart of washington when the when the police deployed and the military deployed on the morning of may 3rd rush hour. they were sent all over the city. now this you may have noticed in the in the film that the that the police produced to show what a great job they were doing they had a picture of the this manual this tactical manual that was in no way secret. it was handed out to the protesters by the organizers of may day. it was reprinted in college news. tours, so the police had a sense of where a very good sense of where people would go and they deployed their forces accordingly the 10,00

so dc when you go through the criminal code, dc is kind of aware that city because with federal law that works by placing dc municipal code but you go through that there of the books there are so ridiculous and trivial they should not be criminal offenses at all in my point of view but nobody goes through it and it nobody sort of says let's take a look at this and see if the silk makes sense. kind oft cost-benefit analysis that i was talking about where you say okay, we could arrest 500 people for disorderly conduct and now some of them in-depth winning small amounts of prison timer can be fine and let's go their families in a complaint is a victims and if anybody is left better offer of everybody ends up being worse off as a result. we don't and have those conversations and those of these kinds of conversations we need toer have. stop and frisk in new york city and they declared the program unconstitutional because what they were doing it ended up it turns out this is definitely an area of transparency actually enabled the accountability to turn out when actually looked at the numbers c

live in dc.

so when you go to the criminal code dc is a weird city because of federal law that is enforced in dc municipal code but there are a lot on the books that are so ridiculous and trivial they should not be criminalized at all in my point of view but nobody goes through it to see if this make sense. and we could arrest 500 people for disorderly conduct now they have an arrest record and now they serve small amounts of prison time with a fine now let's go look at their families or complainants or victims and see if anybody is better off they are all were soft. they don't tend to have those conversations and with stop andd frisk and to make it more unconstitutional this is an area where flat on - - where transparency it turns out if you look at the numbers carefully and to stop that a disproportionate number of african-americans but the african-americans were less likely to have weapons than the white people which is unconstitutional but also frankly means cops overestimate the threat from over one - - african-americans and underestimate the whites. both of those are problems. so i can't h

but they haven't come to dc by accident. they have come to washington dc because we have a responsibility to centers in this building to set basic national standards to protect the right to vote all across this country. the assault on the right to vote is not just a texan challenge. it's an assault in state after state, motivated by the big lie president trump put forward and supported by a corrupt search for power at the expense of principle. so we hear your call. we are going to fight in this chamber to establish those basic national standards to protect the citizens of texas the citizens of every single state. yesterday president biden spoke to the nation and he made it very clear that we have to act in congress to defend the right to vote. that's exactly what we are going to figure out how to do in partnership with citizens across this land. >> going to hear from reverend warnock next. senator warnock. >> i'll take the reverend and thesenator . let us be clear. the single most important day the congress and president can

imagine if republicans flew on a carbon emitting private jet to get to washington dc so they don't havea bill they don't like and they were all not wearing masks. if they were vaccinated the good news is they will hopefully avoid hospitalization or anything more serious than that because of the covid vaccine. todd: those who stormed the beaches of normandy and drinking fear on planes, we speak to republican texas state senator angela paxton. don't go anywhere. carley: lindsey graham and the majority leader setting up a key vote on massive infrastructure deal even when the deal is not been written. >> filing cloture on a bill that doesn't exist is insane. president biden, get on the phone to schumer and tell them to stand down, that you're undercutting an effort to find common ground on infrastructure regarding roads, bridges and ports, you can tell schumer to stop. whether he will are not i don't know but you should try to stop him from blowing this up. >> a procedural vote is expected tomorrow, ten republican votes are needed to advance the bill, white house press secretary jen psaki t

that had all been requested no from the city of washington dc. then for the other individuals that could be assigned to you as a rapid force, those were folks that were currently doing covid duty. so you had no swat team. this description is very interesting to me around this [inaudible 02:10:25] is that people think that suddenly the national guard just bursts in and is ready to go on that. that's not what their national guard has pre-positioned to do. steven sund: that is correct. anytime we've requested the national guard, they've been in an unarmed fashion. i was looking for them to help support the perimeter that we had established. senator lankford: okay. there has been some concern now. i've talked to some of the officers here, and there's obviously been some conversation around this [inaudible 02:10:48] as well about the rules of engagement and about training and authorization. there wasn't training for what to do if a mass group actually comes through the door and tries to burst through, whether it's an insurrection type event, whether i

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that happened in dc.t following to detonate an explosion. she was annoyed to see a train worker breaking metro rule. >> another dc metro employee in uniform, came barging in the car with a big little bit of food -- little bit plate of food, i said wait, a few years ago, i was eating a banana on the platform, i was yelled at by a dc metro employee, she made me throw the banana in the trash. dan: natasha tynes called out the worker. >> i said you are eating on the train, we're not supposed to, everyone knows that, her reaction was like. mind your own business. worry about yourself, i was upset how she talked to me. >> 9:10, natasha tynes dashed off a angry tweet. >> i said, dc metro you are not following your own rules, i took her picture, i wanted evidence i was not lying. their response was thank you, they thanked me and acknowledged that their employee was violating the rules. please tell us when it happened. dan: the moment of vindication was give way to tweeters remorse. >> it happened -- >> the minute

several texas lawmakers are in washington dc after leaving their state to protest greg abbott's special pledge light of session to approve several republican voting bills. >> i am here with these people of >> i am here with these people of courage, these feed him -- these freedom fighters who came to washington dc to fight. they will not be able to get the governor of texas to protect the voting rights of the people of texas. we know that instead of trying to make it easier for people to vote, the governor and republicans in legislature have done everything to make it harder including threatening these legislators over and over again and they are standing their ground just as we are standing our ground. we know what the texas -- ours. we know what the texas bill will do, and this is a concerted effort as senator warren awful tell you, thiss going on across the country. we now have 22 laws to obstruct voting enacted in 14 states, with the texas senate passage of sb one yesterday. a total of 32 bills to roll back the rights to vote have passed at least one chamber of the legislature. so w

he said, ayou know somebody over at the dc national guard?alker.a he said, acan you give him a call and see if we needed assistance, how quickly could we get assistance and what type of assistance could he give us?a so that evening, as i was driving at about 6:35 at night, i went ahead and called general walker and spoke to him, and said, ahey, general walker, i dona™t have authority to request national guard, but i want to find out, if we needed them on wednesday, how quickly could you get them for us, and is there a way you can be prepared, just in case we put in the request? at that point, he had advised to me that he has 125 national guardsmen who are supporting the covid response in the district of columbia, and if we needed a response, a quick response, he could what he called repurpose them and get them to the armory, at which point we could get somebody over to swear them in, and try and get them to us as quick as possible. we ended our call. the next day i met with both mr stenger. he came over to the office for the 12:00 video call

in dc, codified law.d you filed this lawsuit, we are tracking this closely. 16 months into their emergency covid declaration, they refuse to give up emergency power that they declared, this is odd because illinois's covid caseload is plummeting. if you look at the graph it is down to nothing. new york's andrew cuomo and that his state's emergency declarations only to announce another, gun violence is the latest health emergency there but in minnesota the gop is fighting back. last week democrat governor attempted to extend his powers until august 1st but republicans have only one seat senate majority, state in special session and forced the governor to back down. joining us, the man who spearheaded this effort, senate majority leader paul kiesel,. you all have a liberal governor, democrat-controlled statehouse and the slimmest of slim margins in the senate. how do you outmaneuver them? >> he won well into the fall, greed dragged him to august 1st and july 1st and frankly the powers were so fast he funded

i did go to some protests in washington dc.i do remember the beach boys, but i do not remember that protest. after all the things that happened, including the kent state shootings the year before and subsequent national student strike, after all of that, mr. nixon said " business as usual." i felt so dejected i guess, because it seemed like all this effort was put forth, and yet it was not getting through. host: i'm going to stop at that point. lawrence roberts? guest: one of the enduring questions of this time is to what extent did the antiwar movement, the vietnam antiwar movement stop the war, shorten the war, constrain the military? historians debate this. it is hard to say what would have happened if there was no antiwar move it. there is no question if you listen to the nixon tapes and if you study the johnson administration as well, there is no question the antiwar movement, domestic opposition to the war constrained the military from doing more intense options, more serious invasions of north vietnam, of using more weap

who is paying for their hotel rooms in dc? and who is paying for their food and drink in the miller light, that they had on board as well? this whole thing stinks and if -- in a way it would be better if taxpayers were paying for it because it would be accountable. we don't know what dark money forces are paying for this or what they expect in return. this is thoroughly corrupt, flies in the face the fact that 78% of voters in the united states support -- support voter id, verification, bipartisan observers, chain of custody, 78%. it is not even close. these people are being hysterical over nothing and claiming president biden is next going to say requiring people to vote in a district the registering is like antietam. it is completely unbelievable and lost all credibility. laura: this brings together the problem with education if you can compare the civil war to voter id or any of these crises in american history, january 6th to the civil war but if people don't know history then they might sit on social media going this is t

what made you leave the confines from your home to go get trained as a police officer in washington dc? >> if you ask my family that they say insanity. that is the driving force that you're not just directing traffic but is sworn armed police officer i thought no way. that is crazy. you will give a gun to a law professor? bad idea. policing has been in the spotlight for some years. and then to seem like a really rare opportunity into the worldd of policing. >> it reminds me when you say that my lawyer that handles that and she said i want my five oh moment. and of the top neighborhoods. and the reality of posting with that 24 hour news cycle or hollywood is not the most accurate. and that you need a truly transformative response to policing how defy those changes that is needed and what does that look like to you based on your several years of experience? >> that's a big question. let me back up by saying when i was working on this book people would say what is your argument? i would say it's complicated and that's the worst elevator pitch i ever heard. they were right. that was the wo

looking for cover and running for their lives on a busy night near popular restaurants in washington dc and it is just days after baseball fans did the same during the shooting near the national game. the terrifying scene every day, americans are sadly getting used to. >> don't throw away your masks yet. more suitable bring back mask mandate with your vaccinated or not. >> this video is a wild. a man comes face-to-face with a black bear that found its way inside his car because why not? "fox and friends" starts right now. ♪♪ >> the bear made a cameo in that guy's car. but they don't have to force them out of the video like he tried to force the bear out. >> it is friday night. will you be on the tabletop? todd: the latest still young. i put the baby to bed by 7:30. by 7:31 iowa sleep. tonight, who knows? you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. jillian: america's crime crisis is shots ring out in major cities across the country amid a surgeon gun violence. >> a shooting in downtown dc leaves two people hurt. >> reporter: police are still looking for these two men accu

we don't regret coming to dc at all. it is important that we leave texas and prevent republicans from passing their anti-voter legislation. todd: back to the picture no masks on the plane and no outrage from the mainstream media but you and i both know if it were republicans it would be the top story leading every -- the amy tony barrett nomination for months. jillian: republicans would be leaving for that republicans last year, you look at this situation, everything griff outlined between senator rand paul, doctor anthony fauci, frustrations a high level over everything that pertains to covid because people want answers. we are facing a time where there are more restrictions being put in place in certain areas of the country and those are business owners up against the threat or the thought of am i going to lose my business, my livelihood, that is real for a lot of people and to hear the white house sort of denies this as a superspreader event, let's listen to what jen psaki had to say, it is a slap in the face to some

my kind of life is in washington dc. mike, thanks a lot. well, tight organizations discussing global demands for a vaccine. payton to waiver at a meeting in geneva, the u. s. south africa and india light calls for the suspension of intellectual property rights on several jobs. they say it would allow local production of vaccines and end dependent more quickly. but it's opposed by some wealthy nation, including the u. k. and the european union on a house in london. he says there's unlikely to be treat agreement and vaccine waivers. among w t o members, i think it will meet a divided audience in the world trade organization among its membership is the general council meets over the next 2 days. they're going to address it. they're going to look at it, we're going to hear from them either today or tomorrow. is it likely to be endorsed overall by consensus? this is a consensus body after all. probably not at this meeting. i think those are the signs. anyway. there's a lot of opposition. the u. k. germany on the part of the e. u is opposed as we

of the shooting your popular restaurant in dc, non-life-threatening injuries from gunshot wounds. was the apparent target but the other is an innocent bystander, several shootings in dc in recent days including a drive-by shooting that left a 6-year-old girl get along with a shooting outside the nationals ballpark. in chicago eight people were put in the hospital following a drive-by shooting involving a party bus where the shooter is on the run. most of the victims are in serious or critical condition but several other shootings happened in the city, one left a 15-year-old debt after he was shot in the head. >> if you pick up again, if you shoot indiscriminately into the crowd, not only will we find you but we will take you to federal court and ship you to south dakota and you are never going to see your family again. >> two weeks ago police chief brown blamed kim fox saying, and too little consequences and the courts but fox says he has to quit pointing the finger. there have been 400 homicides in chicago and little more than 1800 shootings. that numbers up 9% compared to 2020.

but it's a bigger media story because that's the dc's media theme.hey're often shown at the games. as season ticket holders or guests of important people. for the press the game isn't just a past time it's being seen in your awesome seats. obviously cnn covered the shooting doing live shots outside the center field gates. why is that important? because it was refreshing to finally see cnn cover a crime story for once. you watch their network, you were told crime was largely made up hysteria, just an idea, nothing real like antifa. one more time, please. >> democratic cities are in chaos right now. is this what you want from joe biden? and they're going to take your country away and they're taking down the status. >> crime is rising as they defund police. >> oh, my god, it's so bad and defund the police, it's like >> greg: oh, that sigh. that clip is the media version of a mcdonald's french fry you found under a couch cushion. it's never going to get old. and how did they know there was never really any crime wave to begin with? well, they did what an

residents complained to the dc police chief violent criminals mustang locked up. [inaudible]. >> the surgeon crimes not limited to work nation's capitol according to data, more than 4000 workers and 73 cities so far this year that is of more than 15 percent from this time of year read and the chief job was not tough enough already here in dc, he cities over 200 police officer short and expect that number to grow. arthel: thank you pretty. eric: and now to the seven part listing alive look, you're looking right now, there is the border and a surge entertainer is seizing of migrants, no sign of slowing down. and actually reporters increase their on the scene of witnessed crossings, hundred today. they just walk over and are prepared to be processed by border agents. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. >> they watch where the monico the new york post reporting that it is so overwhelmed there they can i keep what demanded from all these migrants going on the buses and try adding routes, 250 season they cannot keep up with demand. with the reporting is

you to react as treasurer of washington dc police union, mayorappreciate it. mayor's statement, quote, over the last you the district of columbia is grappling with a sustained increase in gun violence, the terrible incidents of the past weekend including the tragic murder of nayak courtney illustrates how far we must still go to address the brazen shooters in our neighborhoods. how far do you have to go and is enough being done? >> we appreciate the mayor's letter and the short-term solution for overtime is a problem short-term but with negative consequences. first office officer burnout the working 40 hours a week, the results are stressful enough and if you double that to 60 or 80 hours todd: officer burnout which leaves a lot of members leaving the department because they don't want work forced overtime, we didn't sign off to be a job 24/7, she also addresses a long-term solution, refunding the police department which is desperately needed. right now 3400 members from our newest police officer to the chief of police, that is 400 less than we had a year ago.

in 2001, the texas legislature came to washington dc. laura: heartbeat away from the presidency, terrifying, sad and ignorant, gutfeld next. >> 21st-century jim crow assault is real. we are facing the most significant test of our democracy since the civil war. todd: it is wednesday july 14th. president biden tearing into republican voting laws as texas democrats are celebrated as heroes by the left and the media. live in washington, election integrity once again take center stage. jillian: the white house facing two international crises with major implications in the us. the head of homeland security responded with a message for those leaving cuba and haiti, think twice before coming here. laura: he wasn't happy with it. like father like son. guerrero junior obliterated that ball, in a mile high midsummer classic. "fox and friends first" starts right now. am ready to say toda ♪♪ look at me ♪♪ ♪♪ jillian: you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. todd: do you know where you are? you were just there. carley: it was gre

but a lot of the calls that we get in dc are people with problems that cannot be solved by cops. they are teenagers that are not listening to them and they do not feel like they have anywhere else to turn. part of the reason cops get blamed is because there is a visible. people think who can help me, the government. do we train officers well enough in what it means to establish probable cause and write a good report and so on. there is also an issue there in which i wish we had more data. about 30% of arrests made by the dc metropolitan police end up being what we call here no paper which means the prosecutor doesn't go on anywhere, they let the person go end of story. we don't know whether that consists of cases where the problem was that the officer didn't establish the probable cause and what they wrote up, or whether that is mostly cases the prosecutor thought that is the dumbest most trivial arrest i have ever seen and i don't want to waste any opinion, prosecuting this person for something so trivial. you want to train police officers better but for the second maybe we need

strong conservatives are not accepted in dc right now. democrats control washington that they do not control our country. we do. they want to control the way we think, what we say, how we say and what we do. but we will never allow that. [applause] democrats want to say what to say and how to say it we will be canceled for merger churches and jobs they want to cancel us. how me if you are not even sure what you can say right now? were to be socially acceptable? i believe there will be a big backlash coming from all of us and there is nothing the democrats can do to stop it. [applause] in dc they went to defend the police get funding for military. and teacher duly elected president twice for nonsense but that's the craziest thing they tried to do the craziest bill is for the people act. have you heard of it? it's not for the people call it what it is it's called the corrupt politicians act. [applause] so far we have been able to grab the power grab from the democrats also this is a whole focus they will do anything to gain power to control

day after i finished organizing event in colorado and leading the students in colorado, i moved to dc to start college. when i came here, there was no launch for our lives. presidents, there was an organizational presence. and so with a couple of friends i got together and we founded the fast march for our lives chapter here in dc. and we set up the infrastructure every year, the government, much money. i'm just so many like it's about sitting there and deciding what the priority went to tell them and we aren't, we can't, i'm to my part of what is the all that we need doesn't terrible effectively for them been able to save lives. ah, having and found in using and found to to a family when a new mother is going through that process. yet there's certainly tremendous cause for great joy. but because it's in a bad that causes so many different changes. it's stressful at many levels. ah, she don't do you know? so we knew she was she who fits one ready to love me because she knew she wouldn't be a little girl for the study or do i tell me that if you show you control the traditional moving

we're not afraid to take those strong chance. fans isn't to call people out here in dc. we have students going to congress literally every single day. and law game is members of congress. like we have a 10 minutes. me who when i started, i had death threats. ah. when i started, i had people, you know, pushing me down. the thing i didn't do at that point was stop. i continued to push forward. i got my friends got that and we went back, i got more friends together. we went back again. and that's what it takes, it takes the realization that views, adults, people who are older than me. i don't know, it, they don't know what's going on because what go on right now is an okay. and then the one that a reason that it's still most way the the, the road is driven by a dreamer shaped by those with the in me thing, we dare to ask me that probably you know, my back when i was like, well lucky you lucky as i said you'll have to, i lost his boss because i just got to the bottom. you just gotta go video. we're going to be, i'm on my cell, my daughter, i miss the so i wanted to know what

my question is dc other places that military aircraft is being used to transport illegal immigrants runcountry disease like new hampshire and massachusetts printed. [inaudible]. and the republicans have a plan to address that d that stopped. cotton: i just heard about this agl couple of days ago were demanding answers from the department of defense predict if they are told by the president is that this is what you are going to do, i mean, they're good troops and are going to do what they have to do but i want to know why are military aircraft is being used it to transport illegal aliens far from the border without any permission or even knowledge sometimes that of local authorities and communities, that is outrageous. [applause] and i will just say, you know what, i've had all of this military aircraft full of illegal aliens aren't landing in washington dc. but they're not landing in malibu, i but they're not landing and all of these wealthy rich elite liberal cities are you probably coming to places all across america without ouanyone telling them that doesr republican, what you want t

congresswoman donna howard has to wash her own clothes in the sink while she is marooned in dc. friday july 16th, 2021, "varney and company" is about to begin. ♪♪ our oh see k in the usa stuart: john mellencamp at the new york stock exchange. we've got a big show for you. it is friday after all. look at our 11:00 hour, jesse waters will be joining us, his book how i saved the world, it is top of the new york times bestseller list and jesse will grace us with his presence at 11:00 this morning. this is a very important

starting next month it is time for the critical role. 6 of the democrats tested positive since landing in dc. jillian: or controversy around hunter biden's putting our career as questions arise whether buyers really will remain anonymous. >> chief ethics lawyer for president george w. bush, i read the statement former obama ethics chief, the white house has a bad habit of merely telling us there are safeguards in place without telling us what they are. they will have preferential

meanwhile, back in blockbuster land, we have the suicide squad, the latest addition to the dc extendedicide squad, to which this stand—alone sequel — whatever that means — adds an all—important definite article. it's all about the "the". margo robbie's harley quinn is back, alongside the likes of idris elba's bloodsport and john cena's peacemaker, all part of a ragtag team sent in by tough—as—nails viola davis to do battle with project starfish, a project that does exactly what it says on the tin. really. uh-huh. written and directed by james gunn, the suicide squad is notable primarily for the fact that sylvester stallone voicing a talking shark doesn't even come close to being the most bonkers thing on screen. hand! yes, that is your hand. very good. we're all going to die. i hope so. well, this is a world in which a giant weasel is just another passenger on the plane and polka—dot man, a character who shoots polka—dots and whom gunn himself called the dumbest dc character of all time, gets ample tragicomic screen time. the result is a huge splurge of post—deadpool sweary splatter, i

after their massless flight to dc, texas house member donna howard tweeted this comment while sharing a post on the american academy of pediatrics updated guidance for schools sh wrote we need to follow the science here, texas needs to change course and allow for universal mask wearing to prevent the spread of the highl contagious delta variant, especially in children under th age of 12 could not get yet. look at the red circle, the far left, the one they're out of th sixth texas democrats who teste positive for the virus. our team confirming that. your reaction to that? >> i'm not going to be lectured by someone who was flying aroun in a private jet massless, let alone somebody that needs to do they're job and thinks that the sacrifice we need to make decisions based on science, not fear. >> leslie, real quick. >> i agree we need to make decisions based on science, the state legislature is not going

here's part of that fireworks show in dc. highlighting the administration's largest event to date. the white house hosted more than 1,000 military families and essential workers on the south lawn. the president highlighted the success of the push to get the country vaccinated against covid-19, and he also honored the memory of the more than 600,000 americans lost during the pandemic. >> each of them meant the world to someone they left behind. and those of you who have been through all of this, know that to heal, you have to remember, we have to remember them, and we will. we'll commit to always remember them. >> the president also took a picture with the washington nationals' four presidential mascots and joking that they're big guys. >> and of course the white house wasn't the only place celebrating the fourth of july with fireworks, there were shows across the nation as the country celebrated the 245th birthday. >> the traditional macy's fireworks display in new york city returned after the pandemic changed things last year. the sky lit up over the east river and fireworks also

the capitol hill team calls this the apex of texas democrats visit to dc. also the u.s. surgeon general just posted a new warning about an urgent threat about the delta variant. and it is misinformation. we start with the payments going out to 39 million american families today. mem mike memoli with us from the white house. stephanie ruhle also joining us. walk us through who gets the payments and how much they can expect to see. >> for those filed their taxed already from last year they will be seeing that money very quickly. any family with a combined income of $150,000 or less above that it fazes out. if you have children between ages 0 to 6, that is $300 a child per month and six to 18 it is $250. it is important to remember this is. many say this is looking like the seeds of universal base income. you should get this yet if you. if you haven't done your taxes, you didn't get the money and that's who needs it most. >> so if you didn't file using direct deposit, do you have to wait for the paper check. >> you can file and if you didn't file your taxes at all, you also

and it is an award-winning journalist for publication such as mother jones and lives near washington dc and the moderator today of the human rights law clinic the research focuses and with the human rights violations. thank you for joining us today. it's all yours. >> thank you very much so it's important that timely and with that research to b get the book out so let me start by asking at what point and how did you realize that it was material screening to be told so let's start with alex. >> i am very glad for one - - very bad for being here. thank you to the festival for organizing m this. it is about regional inequality those growing grabs one - - going gaps i have spent a lot of time around the country growing increasingly concerned or alarmed by the disparities around the country between winner takee all cities and left behind towns. and how to write about it or capture in the book so i finally decided to frame it around amazon to use that as a lands and not to a country in these growing divides. >> i started to read his burkett is grippingg and fascinating i recommend everybody t

a disastrous trip politically t washington dc. so far in the group of 51 several have tested positive. yesterday at this hour we learned a staffer also tested positive. their cases were linked to the democratic members visiting the hill. the texas group was posing for mask with photos their private jet. we are told to follow these rules and they did not follow them. the rules were up but not for them. the white house is downplaying all of this and the plotting those members against becks. >> it's not a characterization we from here. we understand there's going to be breakthrough cases per go th message is thank you for standing up for voting rights and the rights of americans to have their voices heard. >> we are still waiting to get the details. we are plotting their so-called bravery. we refuse to be a hostage. a hostage within the state of texas. i'm ready to be arrested what d you do to a person if you aren' going to arrest them when they flee. i'm ready to be arrested. >> no one of the members has seized the opportunities to

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the dc police officer was beaten ferociously, suffered a heart attack and concussion and. had tooo big for his life. he spoke out against that experience. let's play the clip. >> i am happy that i've got the opportunity to speak out and talk about the events of that day. it's been very difficult seeing elected officials and other individuals kind of whitewash of the events of that day or downplay what happened. some of the terminology that was used it's very different s from what i experienced and what my coworkers experienced on the sixth. i experienced the most brutal hand to hand combat of my entire life, let alone my policing career that expands almost two decades. >> senator, what is your response? >> i don't think we should downplay the violence and the rhetoric about xoxox or whatever that was. criminal rioters ought to be treated as criminals. by the way a that is true whethr they are rioting at the capital or federal buildings in portland or elsewhere or whether it's rioters that identify with the left or the right like the deranged individual who killed a capital

we are live in dc. >> washed it off! what a finish! alonso defenses title! todd: pete alonso defending his title as home run derby champ with an absolutely exposed performance. that is tonight's all-star game on fox, "fox and friends first" continues right now. >> not a bad song to start with, complete bomb, when you pan up you can't see the ball into the where it is going into comes down. >> according to one of our directors it is japan, it is a tilt, he directed me. a pan is left to right, a tilt is up and down and now that all of america knows that we can begin the show. ashley: you are watching "fox and friends first" tuesday morning. todd: today president biden addressing voting rights as the white house blames republicans for election reform. >> the battle of the ballots in tens of 5. >> we expect president biden to lay out how he will fight republican-led state election laws, calling gop efforts the worst challenge to democracy since the civil war. >> he will layout the moral case for why the right to vote, a form of silencing. >> fighting the gop bil

that's mike hannah in washington dc. the world trade organizations discussing global demands for a waiver, a vaccine, peyton set a meeting in geneva, the u. s. south africa and india of live coals for the suspension of intellectual property rights and several jobs. they say it would allow local production of vaccines and end the pandemic more quickly. but it's being opposed by some wealthy nations including the u. k. and the european union. last cabinet visiting professor of law and director of the global health policy and politics initiative at georgetown university is joining us live on zoom from washington dc. good to have with us on al jazeera. just if you can clarify one thing for me to begin with. when we talk about a waiver, what exactly do we mean? so 1st it's, it's important to remember what this wouldn't do, right? this is not a move that would cancel any patterns or prevent any country in the world like the united states or switzerland from implementing patents on covered vaccines. instead, it would give count

every spring thousands of people visit the washington dc tidal basin to see the cherry blossoms memorials to thomas jefferson franklin d roosevelt and martin luther king jr. stand on its banks the tidal basin started as an engineering project but is also served as a swimming hole a prote stthe tidal basin started as an engineering project, but also served as a swimming hole. protest grounds. and scene of a political spat scandal. memorial parks communication chief, mattis onsite to talk about the history and the famous japanese cherry trees. >> we are at the edge of the basin, home to the world famous cherry trees. they blossom every spring. well known to washingtonians, and people across the world. but as you've been here before 1890 or so, we would be in the middle of the potomac river. this area has evolved over the years, there's been an element of recreation, but with the passing of time recreation has become much more important than it was initially. as early as 1890, there was an established swimming area, around what we call today the tidal basin. with the planting of the cherry t